Diversity of learners.pptDiversity of learners.ppt

Diversity of learners.ppt

1. Promoting Equality and
Valuing Diversity

2. What is equality?
•Equality is about the rights of learners to
have access to, attend, and participate in
their chosen learning experience
•This should be regardless of their
circumstances
•Inequality and discrimination should be
tackled to ensure fairness, decency and
respect amongst all learners

3. •In the past, equality has often been described
as everyone being the same or having the
same opportunities
•Nowadays, it can be described as everyone
being different, but having equal rights

4. Kinds of Student
• Students with disability
•Different race
•Different Religion and Belief
•Different sexual Orientation
•Age

5. In regards to teaching this may mean:
Paying attention to the needs of students from
diverse groups within your course design.
Identifying opportunities within your teaching for
students to work collaboratively in diverse
groups.
Devising creative and respectful ways of using
the diverse experiences of students to add value
to the learning experience for everyone.

6. How can we promote equality and
diversity?
Treating all staff and students fairly.
Creating an inclusive culture for all
staff and students.
Ensuring equal access to opportuni-
ties to enable students to fully partici-
pate in the learning process.

7. Enabling all staff and students
to develop to their full potentials.
Equipping staff and students
with the skills to challenge
inequality and discrimination in
their work/study environment.

8. Making certain that any
learning materials do not
discriminate against any
individuals or groups.
Ensuring sure policies, procedure
and processes don’t discriminate.

9. Things that we can do to promote
equity inside the classroom
•Equality and diversity classroom activities
- Is diversity included within your
teaching methods?
- Do you make references and use
examples from a variety of cultures,
religions and traditions?

10. •Use diverse images in resources
-When you pick books, posters and
activities for your students, make
sure that they include people from
different back-
grounds or with disabilities to show
that these differences are ‘normal’.

11. •Make use of current news events
-Promote debate and discussion
by raising current issues and
seeing what your students
understand about the situation.

12. •Sample foods
-Set-up a french café, indian restau-
rant or american diner in your classroom and let
your students sample foods typi-
cally eaten in the corresponding culture.
-What do they like or dislike about the foods?
-Teach the students the reasons why certain
foods are (or are not) eaten in certain
countries.

13. •Male or Female
-Explore the idea of stereotypes-
provide each student with a list of 10
pro-
fessions and ask them to decide whether
each is a man’s job or a woman’s job.
-Is it fair that these stereotypes exist?

14. •Learn Languages
-Teach your students a few words in
French, Spanish, Africans, Chinese etc. to
raise their awareness of language
barriers around the world. If you have
students in your class who speak another
language, ask them to help.
-What are the benefits of speaking more
than one language.

15. •Hearing/sight/physical impairment
games
-Play games to raise awareness of
different physical disabilities.
-Can your students put on a jumper
with just one hand?
-Can they guide a friend around the
classroom with a blindfold on?

16. -Can they lip-read what the
characters on TV are saying with the
sound off?
-Use these activities to show the
difficulties that people face and
explain how these people learn to
overcome them.

17. •“Strength lies in differences, not in
similarities”
Stephen R. Covey
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